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For years, the world’s leading fast-food chain used a “pink slime” as beef filler for its burgers in the U.S. After a campaign by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, McDonald’s has...


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For years, the world’s leading fast-food chain used a “pink slime” as beef filler for its burgers in the U.S. After a campaign by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, McDonald’s has abandoned the goo.

Oliver, who stars in his own TV show “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution,” has been campaigning for months to get fast-food chains to stop using the pink slime, which is technically discarded beef cuts treated with ammonium hydroxide.

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McDonald’s has confirmed that it has stopped use the stuff, even as The Daily has reported that the Agriculture Department plans to buy 7 million pounds of it for public school cafeterias in the next several months.

McDonald’s recently released a statement saying that at the beginning of last year, “we made a decision to discontinue to the use of ammonia-treated beef in our hamburgers,” but it has only been widely reported within the last few days. McDonald’s denies that Oliver’s show had anything to do with halting the practice, and it does appear that they stopped using it before Oliver’s show aired in April.

The USDA actually contends that beef scraps treated with ammonia hydroxide is “generally recognized as safe,” but when you actually see what it’s like, you might think differently. Oliver tried to get the stuff, which he says is in 70% of U.S. beef, out of both fast food restaurants and public school cafeterias.

What is McDonald’s and other fast food companies still use?

It is apparent that McDonald’s, other such companies, and the government regulators who approve their dubious products care little of the health of their customer,

Internet site reference:

http://moneyland.time.com/2012/02/01/mcdonalds-drops-pink-slime-from-hamburger-meat/#ixzz1lAmHR2FJ


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